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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1963)
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 30. 1963 B Small By Reclitftr & Tribune Syndicate, 1963; MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON WM REgs Worlds PH Around 5? S&l Us Concerning The fc.Micans, Love Must Really Be Blind On the sandy shore of a small, tropical island, is a love-nest and soon there will be the pat ter or the slap-slap of little feet, for the summer came and Mr. and Mrs. Pelican are nest-keeping. During the previous winter they took it pretty easy. Fish were plentiful and there was ample time to sit on a piling and wait for a kind hearted ' tourist to toss a fish. The peli cans appreciated it for it saved them a great amount of high diving. But later came the time for more serious pursuits; the lazy days must end; time now for raising a family. The pilings and bridge railings will be empty now as all the pelican couples must face the enjoyable task of nesting. AH those couples have romance on their minds. All know too, of the lonely island, not far away, that is beckoning. There under a warm sun, sur rounded by tepid water and where the sand is soft, a hollow depression can be hollowed out. It will do for a nest. Like a magnet attracts iron filing, the lonely keys and is lands attract romantic pelican couples to come and begin nest keeping. Aware of Protection There too, an understanding government agency is ready and able to protect the pelicans from molestation. And somehow the pelicans seem to know for they come from every direction, con centrating on the protected is lands, and all very happy to have arrived. What a great jol lification it is birds who have not seen one another for months, get together and gable, renew ing friendships, talking over old times, or planing for the new season. Some gather in small groups of six or 10, heads together and obviously visiting with one an other. There must be much to talk about. Maybe they even run down an absent member or one that arrives late at the rookery. Some of the girls may have heard of an indiscretion in the pelican society. There must be some that appear indecorous to some other, more critical bird. Perhaps some will tell their will ing listeners how utterly worth less is their own old man, galli vanting around the bays and bayous, while she wears her webs down to the bone. Since the pelican has no audible voice, nr utters no sound, the conver sation among the girls must be silent, but it's probably under stood. Time To Work But soon every female is busy with the egg laying. Mr. Peli can, when he is not fishing with some of the boys may come in from time to time to oversee the egg laying. When the colony gets together, there may be doz ens of nests, some closely group ed; close enough for each hen pelican to see her near neighbor. There may be hundreds of nests and all in various stages of de velopment. By understandable agree ment. papa pelican comes home and flat-foots over to his own nest. Mother slips off the nest, spreads her wings and goes fish ing. Papa settles himself, a little impatient, and a little anxious, for his wife to return. He would rather be out fishing and allow the Mrs. to hurry the arrival of the young. He's willing to share the honors, looking forward to the patter of flat, bare feet. It seems strange too that he should for he knows full well, as does his wife how badly shaped and utterly ridiculous, the children will look; remark able that they should look for ward to such an event. It would seem that even mother love would rebel, for a baby pelican is homely, awkward, and gaw ky. Love, they say, is blind. Morw Siys JFK Would Be Winner Boston -(UPD- Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said Sunday night he would like to see Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) op pose President Kennedy in his bid for reelection next year "so the people could have a clear choice . . . between progress and neanderthalism." Morse, who flew here to ad dress a Young Democratic club praised the "great leadership" of the President and predicted Kennedy would be relected by a "tremenodus majority." In an airport interview Morse said the nation has not met its responsibility to the Negro. "We white people have never ddelivered since the emanci pation proclamation the consti tution of the L'nited States to the Negroes of the United States he said. "The time is long over due for that delivery." Morse said President Ken nedy in his civil rights program was attempting to "deliver the constitution to the Negroes." Mors received the Somerville Democratic Club tlttiator of lne year awato t r 1 .3iTL?!i- -nrm 'i.iwii w " "m - g'wff!'' - --" -m Kip - -v-mqix' --v -vmfif " ' -'nyr"',Ty-Tyjpyi r o . .:."$ 'Srmzr, . i v- 7 .vsss . " i i'-' .-assrw I I ' ; . 1 V f 1 4 ' -si J vs. v.. - 1 .:.fr;.-''v:: "Or L f ret ' Mi, 131 is1, , -7. i , ? ' ' ' , x t ' ! Mil DON'T YOU READ BEFORE YOU BUY? W here but in print can you get so close to the advertising messages that interest you? Where else can a woman clip the coupons and recipes lliat intrigue her? Or tear out tips to try on leftovers? Or mark, for future marketing, any of the colorful food ideas which strike her fancy? And u here else can she circle and compare the colors and styles of clothing and fur nishings that appeal to her? Where else, in fact, can ry message be re-run at will by an interested audience? .So make sure a good part or yonradvertising message gets into print. I,rt sornr'.i eyes linger r h ' -r. as they like. Let somebody's scissors clip it freeofcompeti lion. And then watch some one's pocket or pur.-e carry it 10 :- p.uc of purchase. 1 :". mi makes sense because print makes sales. One of a scries ' hj Mi h int Advertising Association and MEDFORDMk,TRIBUNE Mil 5t J.V v) i- S iM ,S"A ST )r lis , vmiV" x.' "!V t; 4, i I vt .n r
